sarcoma
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1. a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease, |
| definition | : | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | chondrosarcoma, |
| definition | : | a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | kaposi's sarcoma, |
| definition | : | a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leiomyosarcoma, |
| definition | : | sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | liposarcoma, |
| definition | : | sarcoma of fat cells (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | myosarcoma, |
| definition | : | sarcoma of muscle tissue (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | osteogenic sarcoma, osteosarcoma, |
| definition | : | malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur (noun.state) |
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